Douard was born Cécile Leseine[2] on 29 December 1866 in Rouen, France. She studied under Antoine Bourlard [fr].[3] Douard often painted the people and landscape of the coalmining town Borinage.[4]
At the age of 33 Douard lost her sight.[5] No longer able to paint, she became a sculptor. She also played the piano and violin. She wrote two books; "Impressions of a Second Life" in 1923, and "Paysages indistincts" in 1929.[4] In 1926 she became he president of the Ligue Braille (Braille League). She served in that position until 1937.[6]
Douard died on 14 January 1941[3] in Brussels, Belgium.[7]
Galleryedit
Digger in Wheelbarrow, 1896
Boraine
Intérieur dartiste
Referencesedit
^"Cecile Douard". AskArt. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^"Douard, Cécile". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00053235. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ ab"Cécile Douard". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ ab"Douard, Cécile". Dictionnaire des Peintres belges. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^"Cécile Douard". Ligue Braille (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^"Mons: artiste opiniâtre, Cécile Douard a bravé les obstacles pour réussir". RTBF Info (in French). 26 November 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^"Cecile Douard". Musée d'Orsay: Notice d'Artiste. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
External linksedit
Media related to Cécile Douard at Wikimedia Commons
January 01, 1970
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